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Office Re.: Application No. 11/660,965.
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Restriction Official Action Dated 12 December 201 1 From the US Patent and
Trademark Office Re. Application No. 10/597,635.
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Harwm et al. "Clinical Potential and Design of Programmable Mechanical
Impedances for Orthotic Applications", Robotica, 16: 523-530, 1998.
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Weiskopf et al. "Principles of A Brain-Computer Interface (BCT) Based on Real-
Time Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI)", IEEE Transactions on
Biomedical Engineering 51(6): 966-970, June 2004.
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Yoo et al. "Brain-Computer Interface Using FMRI: Spatial Navigation by
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